Example sentences of "if [pron] be [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 2 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 3 | The main purpose of this procedure is not to initiate legislation but to generate publicity for a particular issue or to test the water to see if there is support for legislation in the future . |
| 4 | When the patient is having long-term treatment at home , it is often worthwhile for him to invest in his own treatment plinth , if he can afford it , and if there is space for it . |
| 5 | Although he acknowledged that there had " been no sign of flexibility " during his talks with Hammadi , Rafsanjani asked rhetorically why he should not meet Saddam Hussein " if there is hope for the salvation of the Iraqi nation " , and added that it would be " logical " to talk to the US administration if the pursuit of peace made it necessary . |
| 6 | If after the contract is formed one party refuses to perform unless the contract is amended to include his terms , it is unlikely that the terms will apply even if the other agrees : even if there is consideration for the other 's promise , the threat to break the contract amounts to economic duress ( see Atlas Express Ltd v Kafco ( Importers and Distributors ) Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 All ER 641 ) . |
| 7 | The most significant difference at the search and investigation stage is that the national press will retain interest in a case only if there is scope for the construction of a sex fiend who continues to wreak havoc on a community . |
| 8 | ‘ Obviously we will be looking at the sports which proved so popular last time , but we will also be looking to see if there is scope for more specialised activities such as water sports and outdoor pursuits . ’ |
| 9 | After blocking the US request to the Gatt council , Thinh said : ‘ For us , if there is permission for the US to withdraw concessions , it does virtually mean the death of the Round . ’ |
| 10 | If there is trouble for them they will find a way of paying me back for revealing their names . |
| 11 | On the thorny question of support for the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment on its kit ( UX Nos 375 , 379 ) , Sun will now say only that if there is demand for it from customers , then ‘ fine , why not ? |
| 12 | These workers will only be employed if there is demand for the products they make — for export , from the government or from the employers themselves . |
| 13 | If there is room for just one large tree , a platform may be built across some sturdy branches to provide a leafy den . |
| 14 | A proper explanation has to employ both even if there is room for argument about the weight to be placed on each factor . |
| 15 | If there is room for a 1300 mm ( 5 ft ) cupboard or closet just outside the kitchen , bedroom or bathroom , say in a corridor , or lobby , this would be a better solution . |
| 16 | Equally witches are real if and only if there are criteria for identifying witches . |
| 17 | So situations are reviewed and we do look at monitored traffic flows for example , we do look at our justifications and if there are reasons for a change we can go back , so it 's not irreversible by any means , that is the current committed preferred route however and I did n't want to give an indication that by changing the diagram we were saying everything 's opened up again , cos clearly we 've reached a stage that the County Council 's declared it 's a preferred route and that 's |
| 18 | If there are recesses for items like washing machines and dishwashers , be sure to remove these to allow you to tile right back to the wall . |
| 19 | Why should it not , if there are grounds for thinking that it matters to the fiction ? |
| 20 | Mr Patten , speaking at question time in the Commons , told Mr Anthony Beaumont-Dark ( C. Selly Oak ) that there was nothing to prevent the current investigation into the West Midlands Serious Crimes Squad looking into ‘ any other matter … if there are grounds for suspicion ’ . |
| 21 | Thus , the ozone layer can be saved only if there are substitutes for CFCs which enable manufacturers to continue making refrigerators . |
| 22 | If there were problems for the disabled they could be ironed out . |
| 23 | Faced with a much reduced market for heavy trucks in Europe ( including the UK ) in the early part of the 1980s , talks were began between Leyland Vehicles and GM 's Bedford Trucks in 1984 to see if there was scope for collaboration between the two companies . |
| 24 | If there was silence for the rest of her life she could slake her dreaming thirst with the memory of this laughing , throaty fountain . |
| 25 | She looked up at the clock , wondering if there was time for a pot of tea before lunch , but deciding that the second gong would sound soon , and she could wait . |
| 26 | Advertising members of the family as if they were houses for sale |
| 27 | If it 's TV for kids then |
| 28 | If it 's TV for men |
| 29 | He replied , ‘ sometimes , yeah , if it 's fish for dinner ’ . |
| 30 | Well it all depends if it 's value for money because we er , we fe we felt that it 's only one day . |